Measurements and Applications
All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping.
Full Name
Synthetic Aperture Radar - 2000
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
ASI
, MoD (Italy)
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
Resolution
Single polarisation modes; Spotlight: 1 m. Stripmap: 3 - 15 m, ScanSAR: 30 or 100 m. Two polarisation mode (PING-PONG): 15 m.
[Best Resolution: 1m]
Swath
Single polarisation modes: Spotlight: 10 km. Stripmap; 40 km. ScanSAR: 100 or 200 km - Two polarisation mode (PING-PONG): 30 km.
[Max Swath: 200 km]
Waveband
Microwave: X-band, 9.6 GHz, with choice of 5 polarisation modes (VV, HH, HV, VH, HH/HV + VV/VH)
Compiled from the 2026 Extended Parameters Survey, agency-nominated technical contacts and published user guides; not yet collected through the annual CEOS MIM survey.
Polarisation Channels
HH · HV · VV · VH
Polarisation Modes
single · dual · quad
Look Direction
Both (nominal Right)
Source
2026 Extended Parameters Survey (ASI, 2026-10-15)
Compiled from the 2026 Extended Parameters Survey, agency-nominated technical contacts and published user guides; not yet collected through the annual CEOS MIM survey.
| Mode | Resolution az × rg (m) | Swath (km) | Incidence (°) | Polarisation |
|---|
| Spotlight | 1 × 1 | 10 | 20–59.5 | VV; HH |
| Stripmap - Himage | 5 × 5 | 40 | 18–59.8 | VV; HH; HV; VH |
| Stripmap - PingPong | 20 × 20 | 30 | 18.86–59.49 | HH+VV; HH+HV; VV+VH |
| ScanSAR WIDE | 30 × 30 | 100 | 18.4–59.9 | HH; HV; VH; VV |
| ScanSAR HUGE | 100 × 100 | 200 | 18.4–59.9 | HH; HV; VH; VV |